The Washington critic., 1887-07-15
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The City Hotel at Shamokin, Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire last night.
Neal 7. Childs, prominent citizen OF
Binghamton, N. Y, died yesterday.
The National Educational Association CON
tinued Its session in Chicago yesterday.
Joseph Kuhn, baker, was drowned while
bathing in the surf at Cape May Wednesday
afternoon.
The winning horses at Chicago yesterday
were Cassie, Little Minch, Leman, Race
land, Sour Mash and Glen Fortune.
The French societies of New York yes
terday celebrated the fall Of the Bastile by
O parade and exercises In one Of the uptown
parks.
A freight war has been begun between the
Atchison and other lines and rates are being
cut between Texas points and St. Louis and
New Orleans.
Peter Shaefler, workman in Smith &
Carols leather factory, Newark, N. j., fell
In vat Of boiling water yesterday and was
fatally scalded.
The boiler at the Shawnee coal mine at
Cheyenne, Wy, exploded Tuesday, killing
James Kirby, night engineer, Thomas
Jones and charles Bartlett.
Marshal Charles NJ. Newliu seized the
steamer John w. Harilg, at seaford, Del,
yesterday, for claim OF $500 for repairs
A cloudburst at Nogalss, Arizona, We'd
nesday, did considerable damage there
and in the town OF Sonora. Several
houses were swept away and child was
drowned.
Judge Van Hoesen of the Court Of Com
mon pleas, New York, tainted on the bench
yesterday. Physicians were summoned, and
he recovered sulliclenllyto be taken home
In carriage
AT Lexington, Miss, Wednesday, Il. b.
Chatham, Independent and Republican can
dldaie for the Legislature, shot and killed
John S. Harl.ins, ir., associate editor OF the
Lexington Bulletin.
AT the clos NJ session OF the Pathological
Association at Burlington, Vt, yesterday,
Professor Gildefsleeve Of Johns Hopkins
University was elected member of the eN-
ecutive committee.
About 500 workmen at the Black Diamond
Steel Works of Park Brothers & Co., Pitts
burg, struck yesterday because the firm re-
fused to reinstate a number Of union men
recently discharged.
Leonard SWEET, the noted lawyer and
former partner of Abraham Lincoln, took
out license in Chicago yesterday to marry
Marie Decker. Mr.. SWEET is u years Of age
and his intended bride is 30.
Assays OF the quartz found on the gold
prospect of the Lake Superior Iron Com
papy, west of Ishpenning, Mich, have
yielded Sl3 in gold from twelve ounces Of
rock, or $4,000 gold to the ton. Miners
have traced vein 200 feet on the surface
The iron and steel workers of the Knights
OF Labor, who recently applied for a char.
ter for national trade district, have re.
quested Master Workman Conkling of
Harrisburg, Pa, to call meeting to take
action on the failure OF the general officers
to Issue the charter.
A large public meeting of leading citi.
zens of Dalton, Ga, denounced us SANDER
GUS the reports sent out about the hanging
OF Governor Gordon In olllgy by mob aud
disturbance In the city. They declare
that but three men were engaged In the
elllgy hanging, and that these three men
were all intoxicated.
A hard.glove fight cook place yesterday
up the sound, about thirty miles from New
York, between Tom Doris of Yonkers and
Pat Farley OF Brooklyn. Forty-four rounds
were fought; the battle lasting two hours
and flity-six minutes. The fight was inter
rupted by the police and was declared 4
draw.
The games of the Clau,na Gael Athletic
Club were held at Jones' Woods New York,
yesterday. The relouhtable Dick Short
was present, and for time II was feared
that there would be trouble on the grounds
when O'Donovan Rosa arrived; but Rossa's
friends had advised him to stay away, and
be did so,
In response to a call for prohibition
State convention, eighteen delegates me; in
Des MOlues, Iowa, yesterday. Tho follow
ing State ticket was nominated: Goveruor,
N &. Faruham Lieutenant Governor,
William g. Caldwell; Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Professor. stephen n.
Fallows; Judge Of supreme Court, Judge
Charles II. Lewis.
The report presented to Parliament last
week by the British commission appointed
last year to inquire into VI. Pastour's treat
ment OF hydrophobia says that 1t may be
deemed certain that NJ. Pastour has dlScOv-
cred method Of protection from rabies
comparable with that which vaccination
affords against infection from smallpox
Timothy Carey and hi5 wife Ellen quar-
relied in New York Wednesday. lie ia
cripple, and has been supported by his wife,
who keeps a few bOarderS and worked as
luuudress. Yesterday Mrs. Carey cooked
breakfast for her borders, mud, after hit.
ting her husband on the head with stick
OF wood, dIanl, cup Of poison and alm1,I
instantly died.
At Wilborn, Texas, Wednesday, while
W Il. Farquhar and Dr. j. +. Ewes were
jointly d'scu7slrg the prohibition amend
mCnt, Furquhar, who bad concluded his
argument against the amendment, became
enraged at the remarks Of DR.. Ewes, who
favored IT, and fred at him with u Ballard
rile Tie ball missed !ts mark and lodged iu
the wall just behind thg ipsaFer's head. nr
Ewes was not disconnected 10y hisnppnuenl's
attempt to take Ms il'H nui concluded his
speech amid prolonged applause,
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